A Protester Actually Tried To Hand The Portland Mayor A Pepsi And Spoiler Alert: Change Did Not Come

During a Portland, Oregon, city council meeting on Wednesday, a man got up to speak and identified himself as "Carlos Enrique...a former journalist for the Boston Herald." He said he's covered city council meetings extensively and was struck by how many angry protesters there were against the city's mayor, Ted Wheeler.

"I have just moved here and I have to say I was very surprised by how there are so many people that show up to city council and just kind of get angry at you and yell at you and stuff like that," the protester said to Wheeler.

He said he's covered city council meetings "extensively" in his career, but he's never seen as many protesters as there were during Portland council meetings.

(Note: When BuzzFeed News reached out to the Boston Herald, an HR spokesperson said there has never been a "Carlos Enrique" in their employment database history.)

The protester added that he's perplexed that the mayor would be signing ordinances amid all of the criticism.

"Like, how can someone just endure people coming and berating you every week and everyone gets mad and you say, 'I’m signing the ordinance anyway?'” he asked Wheeler.

He concluded by telling the mayor, "The language of resistance has not been properly translated to you." He then got up and handed Wheeler a can of Pepsi.